Puducherry: Prof JAK Tareen, Vice-Chancellor of Pondicherry University, announced in a meeting held at the varsity campus that Pondicherry University would offer two new courses along with M Sc in Food Technology and M A in Disaster Management from the upcoming session of 2009.
He further mentioned that University Grants Commission (UGC) has assured to provide grant to ten university departments including History, Tourism Management, Commerce, Earth Sciences, Mathematics, Ecology, Physics, Bio-technology and French under special assistance program of the UGC. He said that every possible step was taken in order to create an ambience for growth and development of the university to reach the goal of becoming a world-class university.
Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asian Regional Cooperation would be set up by the South Asia Foundation at the varsity campus this year, which would serve as a hub for activities of South Asian Regional Cooperation. Moreover, as per the sources, varsity has decided to start 12 journals this year. An Educational Multimedia Research Centre would also be set up with video conferencing facility to reach the university's centers at Karaikal and Port Blair.
